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Daily Reid 27 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
▪ So much real news but silly stories often lead: On Homer Simpson and the Jews ▪ Recovery from Katrina is not as smooth as hoped: As school crumbles, New Orleans Rabbi Uri Topolosky leaves city ▪ OU ...
Nahmanides’ Theological Boldness 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
Israel’s Reaffirmation of Vows If one reads the narrative of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai purely through the Biblical lens, unaided by Rabbinic commentary, the acceptance of the Torah on th...
How to Use the Bible 27 Aug 2013 | 03:49 am
The Bible is not just a text to study but also a source of inspiration and prayer. R. Herbert S. Goldstein once published the following incredibly useful list in his synagogue newspaper, as recorded i...
Report on Abuse at YU 26 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm
Yeshiva University’s Board of Trustees has issued this letter and the report of an independent investigation. The letter and report can be accessed here: link.
Daily Reid 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
▪ Very interesting interview about a number of issues: I understand gay people’s fears, says Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks ▪ Prof. Marc Shapiro’s correspondent did a lot of legwork to learn if Rav Zevin real...
Books Received 26 Aug 2013 | 03:45 pm
Rabbi Benjamin Yudin on the Parsha by R. Benjamin Yudin (Mosaica)
Abortions That Are Kosher 26 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
I. The Prohibition Against Abortion Up to our contemporary period, nearly all rabbinic authorities prohibited abortions. However, today, when medical expertise has developed so that obstetricians can...
Weekly Freebies: Experimental Edition of Tanakh 25 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
Miqra `al pi ha-Mesorah A New Experimental Edition of the Tanakh Online Miqra `al pi ha-Mesorah is a new experimental edition of the Tanakh in digital online format, now available as a carefully cor...
Jewish Children Forced Into the Tsar’s Army 23 Aug 2013 | 05:58 pm
Reeling from the humiliating defeat of the Crimean War, the Russian Empire decides its policy of forcibly conscripting Jewish boys into military service is counterproductive, and finally abandons the ...
Daily Reid 23 Aug 2013 | 04:57 pm
▪ Kashrus in Jerusalem just got more complicated. Meet Kashrus Mehuderes, in between regular and mehadrin: New in Jerusalem: Higher level of kashrut ▪ It’s been one tough year for Orthodox Jews: 5773 ...
